Hidden inscriptions offer new clues to the origins of a mysterious astronomical mechanism The scales on Fragment C divide the year by days and signs of the zodiac. By Jo Marchant Smithsonian Magazine | Subscribe February 2015 After 2,000 years under the sea, Read More …
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The Fragility of Information
by Erich Stauffer How stable is the state of information storage on the planet today? How much do you know about the life of your great grandfather? How much of your own past would you remember if you lost all Read More …
Confronting Violence in the Name of God
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks gives a most incisive psychological analysis of the mind of the Terrorist, in every generation. Understanding a phenomenon is the first step to being able to effectively deal with it. GP: This lecture is based on Rabbi Read More …
THE REASONS FOR THE MITZVOT, Part 1
דברים פרק ד ה) רְאֵה לִמַּדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם חֻקִּים וּמִשְׁפָּטִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוַּנִי יְקֹוָק אֱלֹהָי לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם בָּאִים שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ: ו) וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם כִּי הִוא חָכְמַתְכֶם וּבִינַתְכֶם לְעֵינֵי הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁמְעוּן אֵת כָּל הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה וְאָמְרוּ רַק עַם Read More …
GALILEO – NOVA DOCUMENTARY
Published on Dec 5, 2014 The pioneering astronomer and condemned heretic comes to life in this fascinating film version of Dava Sobel’s best-seller, Galileo’s Daughter. British actor Simon Callow portrays the seventeenth-century genius who defied tradition and years of imprisonment Read More …
Take the Two Eyes of Horus…to your forehead
Take the Two Eyes of Horus…to your forehead “Take the two Eyes of Horus, the black and the white. Take them to your forehead, (so) that they may illuminate your face.” gp: This inscription comes from the Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Read More …
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http://parkoffletter.com An historical travel blog, where you travel both in history and in place. It is not meant to be a Caribbean cruise but a true exploration of the past and the present. http://hardball.parkoffletter.org Deals with American Constitutional Issues, the Read More …
THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IN ENGLAND
By W.K. Jordan The Laymen and the Moderates: The revolutionary period witnessed the triumph of the lay spirit in England. We have previously observed that an important body of lay thought had been developing in England which had embraced the Read More …
Property is the Foundation of Civilization
Property was the main object of Society. The savage state wars more favorable to liberty than the Civilized; and sufficiently so to life. It was preferred by all men who had not acquired a taste for property; it was only Read More …
Water is the foundation of civilization.
Water and Civilization Despite its growing scarcity and preciousness to life, ironically, water is also man’s most misgoverned, inefficiently allocated and profligately wasted natural resource. Societies’ own poor management of water, in other words, is a key component of their Read More …